LRB Back & DL. Vertical Pulling

BW - 207

Chins -
BWX5
+10X5
+20X4, 3
+25X2
+35X1, 1
+45X1
BWX16

WG Pulldowns - X10, 8
RG Pulldowns - X8, 10

DB Shrugs - 100sX20, 15


207X16 is an all-around Chin PR!

Used the super-wide grip pulldown bar.  Much harder.  Usually I'm all right with that, but I didn't love the way this felt.

Grip gave out on shrugs.  May be the Oly straps I'm using, or maybe grip was just fried from high-rep RDLs the day before.

LRB Back & DL. Legs

BW - 208

High Bars -
BarX10 (paused)
95X5 (paused)
135X5
155X3
175X2
185X1
155X5, 5, 5, 5, 5 (30' rests)

RDL -
135X8
155X23, 12, 15 (50 total reps)

Single-Leg Press - 2ppsX12, 13, 12

Almost 3 weeks since my last leg training session, and this one took a lot out of me as a result.  Nevertheless, the 155X5X5 were all focused and I was pushing for maximum acceleration despite the short rests.

Also upped the weight on RDLs with the 350 method.  I did these strapless, and grip was the limiting factor.  I feel like I should commit to straps for these until such time as grip proves to be an issue on deadlifts.

Also upped the weight on single-leg press, but wasn't going to get close to 20 today.  I will stay at this weight and try to push them up.

LRB Back & DL. Pressing

BW - 209

Inclines -
BarX30
95X5
115X4
135X3
155X2
185X1
165X10, 5

Press - 65X20, 12, 6

Pushdowns - X100

For the first time in a long time, I had an unplanned week off of training that didn't involve injury.  My schedule just unexpectedly started to collapse under it's own weight, and I couldn't justify cutting anything but training.

Picked up where I left off, and hit pressing on this day.  165X10 is 1 rep more than last time, but the last rep was 100% effort and is still 2 reps off my best with this weight.

On OHP, I did push the reps way up on the 1st and 2nd set before the bottom fell out on the last set.  I think 65X20 is acutally a Rep PR.

Needed to get home, so just did a 100 rep set for triceps.

LRB Back & DL. Week 4. Vertical Pulling

BW - 205

Chins -
BWX5
+10X4
+20X4, 3
+25X2
+35X1, 1, 1
BWX15

WG Pull-downs - X8, 9 (straight-weight; same weight as previous)

RG Pull-downs - X8, 9 (straight-weight; same weight as previous)

DB Shrugs - 100sX20, 18

Upped the weight a little bit on the singles.  Got an extra rep on the last set of both pull-down movements.

LRB Back & DL. Week 3. Deadlift

BW - 208

Deadlift -
135X5
185X5
225X3
275X2
295X3, 3, 3
315X1
335X1, 1

T-Bars - 90X18

Lever Shrugs (with 3 sec. hold) -
380X3
470X3
560X3
605X3
380X21

Hypers - BW+10X15, 15, 15 (plate held behind head)

RG Curls - 50ishX17, 15, 10

Decided to try the Fatigue Singles option on the Deadlifts today when the 295X3 were moving so well.  I thought 335 moved pretty well for being fatigued.

On hypers, I'd been doing BW+X20 but then my low back would feel to fatigued to use added weight on the next set.  On this day, I tried stopping the first set at 15, and found I felt able to use added weight on the 2nd set, and then felt good enough to do a 3rd set also with weight.  Neat.

LRB Back & DL. Week 3. Squat

BW - 208

Front Squat -
BarX8 (paused)
95X3 (paused)
135X3
155X2
165X1
135X5, 5, 5, 5, 5 (30 sec. rests)

Paused Leg Press -
1ppsX8
2ppsX8
3ppsX8
4ppsX8, 8, 8, 9

RDL - 135X30, 21

Single-Leg Press - 1.5ppsX20, 20, 20

Incline DB Curls - 25sX18, 15, 10

Good session.  Squat day geared towards building floor speed for Deadlift.

135X5X5 on Fronts was about as easy as I expected.  Focusing on maximum acceleration and shortening the rests made it a lot of work, but it doesn't seem like it would be a big deal to bump the weight a tad.

First time doing paused leg press.  Since I almost never do leg presses, I had no idea where the weight should be so I worked up.  4pps was moderately heavy on the worksets, but I was still able to focus on accelerating after the pause AND on keeping my back flat against the pad from my shoulders to my glutes.  That seemed important.  This was also done with a narrow stance a'la my deadlift stance.

Forgot to up the weights for RDLs and blasted through the 50 reps in only two sets.  Still, my glutes are way sore today.

Upped the weight a tad on single-leg press.  I might be able to go up to 2pps here.  Not sure.

LRB Back & DL. Week 3. Pressing

DB Inclines -
35sX8
45sX8
55sX8
65sX8
55sX8
45sX8
35sX12

Cable overhead raise - X15, 15, 15 (straight-weight)

Cable Face-Pulls - X20, 20, 20 (straight-weight)

Rope Pushdowns - X100 (R/P 50, 25, 25)

Another session at the hotel gym.

Pyramiding up and down on the DB Inclines worked really well.

The combo of overhead raises and face-pulls worked the hell out of my rear delts.

My triceps are still tender from the 100 rep set 2 days ago.

All in all, this was a really great session despite using a hotel gym.